iOS Sprite Kit resize sprite based on screen resolution

Question

Can anyone explain why you can take a background image sized for an iPad retina and put it in a sprite kit app and it resizes fine for all screen resolutions. But, if you take a proportionately sized image and put it on a sprite there doesn't seem to be a way to resize it the same way that the background does? Thanks

Answer 1

Yep. The method talked about in the Ray Wenderlich article is what I ended up using.

LearnCocosD, since you are the man when it comes to this stuff (love your site BTW): what still confuses me is why Obj C would resize the background view like in a normal iOS app but not build the same ability into sprites. Still: Ray Wenderlich and LearnCocos2D remain great resources. Smart people over there. Thanks LearnCocos2D and sangony.